Neckband clamp



Jan. 14,1930. c. E. WREAM 1,743,256

NECK BAND CLAMP original'viled vec. 14,-1922 f s Smets-sheetv 1 INVENTOR A Jan. 14, 1930.; c. E. wAREAM 1,743,256

NECK'BAND CLAMP Original Filed Dem-14,. 1922, l 5 Sheets-Sheet 2 /N VEA/TOR @Km/W wmf/MM Jan. 14, 1930. 4 c. E. WAREAM l `3743256 Ncx BAND cnw Original Filed Dec.. 14. 1922 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 /N VENTO/e Patemed Jan. '14,' 1930 UNITED STATES PATENT oFFicE CHARLES E. WAREAM, F lNOBMTOOD, OHIO, ASSIGrNORV'lO` THE AMERICAN CIN('JIITN'ATI,`

MACHINERY COMPANY, OF

LAUNDRY oHio, A conroimrioir or oHIo NEGKBAND CLAMP O Application lcd December 14, 1922, Serial No. 606,838. Renewed .Tune 11, 1928.

rl`his invention Irelates to improvements in shirt ironing machines and more particularly, to a neckband clamp therefor.'

The object of the invention is to provide an a improved neckband clamp which securely holds the neckband of a shirt to the neckband block of the bed or lower pressing member, thereby enabling the shirt to be held on the bed in proper alignment for the ironing operatiorf. l

A further object of theinvention isv to provide an improved neckbandclamp having a single operating handle for raising and lowering the 'neckband clamping member with respect to the bed and for horizontally moving said member along ot' clamping engagement with the neckband block, said operating handle being conveniently arranged and readily manipulated.

Further objects of the invention are in part obvious and in part will appear more in detail hereinafter.

In the"drawings, which represent one suitable embodimentoi:- the invention, Fig. 1 is a i front elevation of a shirt ironing machine embodying my invention; Fig. 2 is an end view thereot` with the upper pressing member raised and the neckband clamping member in operative or clamping position; Fig. 3 is a plan view of the bed or lower pressing member, raised position; Fig. 4 isy a front elevation thereof; and Figs. 5, 6-and 7 are detail views, respectively showing the neckband clamping member in raised, released and clamping position. 'Referringto the drawings, the shirt ironing machine therein shown for the purpose ofivillustrating the present invention, comprises a suitable frame 1 having a pedestal or standard 2 for sup-porting the padded bed', or lower pressing member 3, upon which the shirt is ironed. Said bed is provided at one end thereof withAa neckband block 4 suit- 4.5 ably secured thereto and` to which block the shirt neckband is clamped during the ironing operation. Pivotally mounted in the frame a the rear of said bed is a swinging lever 5 provided at its front end witha head or upper pressing member 6, which is adapted to be clamps, indicated generall the bed and thereby the same into and outV with the neckband clamping member in f G is provided at one end thereof with a suitable cut-out portion 8 to accommodate the neck-band block 4 of the lower pressing, member. v l In the present construction, the shirt vironing machine is provided with suitable yoke at 9, which hold the yoke portions of the s irt to one end of assist in holding the shirt in pro er alignment for thel ironing o eration. hile said yoke clamps may of any suitable construction, the ones here shown each comprise a lever 'arm 10 having. its lower end pivotally mounted in an up- Wardlyextending bracketV 11v suitably supported upon the outer end of a horizontally extending bracket 12, which bracket in turn Said upper pressingmember is suitably secured to the pedestal or standard 2 of the`frame. Said lever arms 10 .are provided at their upper ends with suitable pads 13 for engaging the oke portions of the shirt, and are adapted to be moved into and outfof clamping engagement by rods 14 swivelly connected therewith. the other ends of said rods being connected by liI'iks 15 to a shaft 16, to which is secured an operating handle 17. i

Referring now to my improved ii'eckband' clamp, said ,clam comprises a lever arm 18 pivoted intermediate its ends, asat 19, in the upper end of bracket 11, the lower end of said 'arm being suitably connected to one end of an eye bolt 20, swivelled at 21 in bracket 1,1 and provided at its otherend with a suitable ten` ,sion spring 22, for normally holding said rotary movement of saidhandle being limited by a stop lug 26 thereon which is adapted to engage a pin 27 on the outer face of one of thebifurcated end portions, as clearly shown Hin Fig. 5. Journalled on said eccentric is a 'yoke member 28 having its front free ends connected-to a strap or bail member 29 adapted for co-operation with the neckband block 4 in holding the shirt neckband to the neckband block during the ironing operation. Said ncckband block is provided near its upper end with suitable lugs 3() which prevent said bail member from rising when in clamping position.

Rotation of operating handle 25 moves the' strap or bail member 29, by action of eccentric v23, back and forth along the bed or lower pressing member, into and out of clamping engagement with the neckhan'd block 4. In order to raise said bail member from the bed and permit a shirt to be placed upon the bed, yoke member 28 is provided in its rear 4cnd portion with a substantially semi-circular slot 31, in which travels the projecting end Fig. 5, in which portion of'a pin 32 suitably secured in eccentric 23. By means of this pin and slot connection, bail member 29 may be raised and lowered with respect to the bed by operation of handle 25, as will more fully appear from the Aoperation of the mechanism, now to 'be de-l scribed.

. Let us assume that the strap or bail-member 29 is in raised position, as indicated in position 'it is held by the operating handle 25 which acts as a counterweight, further downward counter-clockwise movement of said handle being prevented by engagementof lug 26 and pin 27. By turning handle 25 in a clockwise direction, and

thereby releasing its efect as a counter weight, bail Amember 29`will 'be free to fall onto bed 3 or a shirt thereon, yoke member 28 and eccentric 23 moving substantially as a unit, the lower end 31%1 of yoke slot 31 remaining in engagement with eccentric pin 32 dur# ing such downward movement. When the bail member 29 strikes the bed or a shirt thereon, it will be in released or extended position, as shown in Fig. 6, and when this point is reached, further rotation of handle '25 will cause pin 32 of the eccentric to leave the lower end 3la of slot 31 and travel toward the other end 3l thereof. During the time pin 32 is travelling from the lower end 3la of slot 31 to the upper end 31" thereof, bail member 29 will be moving from released or extended position toward neckband block 4 and exerting a clamping action upon the shirt neckband therearound, which clamping action will be continued until pin 32 strikes the upper end 31h of slot 31, at which point the shirt neckband will be securely clamped to the neckband block.

To release the clamping strap or bail member 29, operating handle 25 is moved in a counter-clockwise direction. During the time pin 32 is travellingr from the upper end 31b of yoke slot 31 to the lower end 3la thereof, said bail member will be moving outwardly to released or extended position, by the action of eccentric 23. Further counter-clockwise rotation bf said handle will cause pin 32. to engage the lower end 31a of the slot and raise the bail member 29 to the elevated position shown in Fig. 5, ready for the next ironing operation.

clamping member are produced by a single operating handle relative to a single line or All ot the movements of the neckband naled thereon and adapted for cooperation with a neck-band block, operating means for said eccentric whereby said clamping means may be horizontally moved into and out of clamping engagement with said-neck-band block, and an interlocking connection between said eccentric and said clamping means whereby continued operation of said operating means will raise or'lower said clampin means relative to said neck-band block.

2. Neck-band clamping mechanism, comprising an eccentric, clamping means journaled thereon and Vadapted for cooperation with a neck-band block, operating means for said eccentric whereby sald clamping means may be horizontally moved into and out of clamping engagement with said neck-band block, and a lost motion interlocking connection between said eccentric and said clamping means wherebycontinued operation of said operating means -will raise or lower said clamping means relative to lsaid neck-band block. l

3. Neck-band clamping mechanism, comprising an eccentric, clamping means journaled thereon and adapted for cooperationA ing means will raise or lowersaid clamping means relative to said neck-bandblock.

- 4. Neck-band clamping mechanism, comprising an eccentric, clamping means journaled thereon and adapted for cooperation with a neck-band block, operating means for said eccentric whereby said clamping means may be moved into and out of clamping en.V

gagement with said neck-band blank, an interlocking connection between said eccentric and said clamping means whereby continued operation of said operating means will raise or lower said clamping means rel.

ative to said neck-band block, and means for limiting the upward movement of sald clamping means.

5. Neckband clamping mechanism,'com

prising an eccentric, clamping means journalled thereon and adapted for co-operation clamping means 'movement o signature.

with a neekband block, an operating handle for said eccentric lwhereby said clampin means may be horizontally moved into an .out of clamping engagement with said neck-.-

band block, a pin and slot connection Vbetween said eccentric and 'clamping meanswhereby continued movement of .said oper-A ating handle will move said clam ing means upwardlyv with respect to sai neckband block,'and means for limiting the movement of said operating clamping means will tion by the weight of 6. In combination,

be held in raised posisaid operating handle. a neckband block and handle whereby said neckband clamping mechanism, said mechanism including a movable support with clamp ing means movable thereon between full release and full 'clamping7 locked ositions,

yieldable means associated with sai support and tending therethroughv to move said clamping means against said block when the is in clamping position whereby various work thickness will be vaccommodated between said block and clamping means, and operator-operated means movable between ing locked ositions for controlling said said Aclamping means on said support. y l t v n testimony whereof I hereby aix my CHARLES WAREAM.'

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full release., and full clamp- 

